Broadback River

Infobox_River
river_name = Broadback River


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origin = Lac Frotet, Quebec
mouth = Rupert Bay off James Bay
basin_countries = Canada
length_km = 532
length =
elevation_m = 380
elevation =
mouth_elevation_m = 0
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discharge_m3/s = 350
discharge = [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/rivers.html Atlas of Canada] ]
watershed_km2 = 20800
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The Broadback River ( _fr. Rivière Broadback) is a river in northern Quebec, Canada. It drains into Rupert Bay (a smaller bay at the south end of James Bay), just south of the Rupert River and Cree community Waskaganish.

The Broadback, together with the Nottaway and Rupert Rivers, was initially considered to be dammed and diverted as part of the James Bay Project. But in 1972 hydro-electric development began on the more northerly La Grande and Eastmain Rivers, and the NBR Project was shelved. With the decision to divert the Rupert River to the La Grande, it is not likely that the Broadback will be developed in the foreseeable future.

River is a popular canoe-tripping destination [cite web | author = Lester Kovac | url = http://www.geocities.com/l_kovac/broadback.htm | title = Broadback 2005] .

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